Originally Posted by
Captain Tony
I don't think that pilots who have never flown the -700/900 should have their opinion counted as to whether we should fly both. Unless you've done it, you have nothing to base that opinion on except selfish financial or schedule motivation, and most 700 pilots will tell you they don't ever want to fly the 200 again!
How about this: get senior enough to bid it instead of trying to steal seniority/pay from the ones already on it?
I've flown the 700/900 and now on the 200 making more money with increased qol due to me having better seniority of the 200.
The 700 is a much much better flying airplane but the 200 has much more variety due to the greater number of destinations and UAL flying. If in the JCBA contract we get a blended payrate that is higher than current 700/900 pay in return for dual qual I don't even think the senior guys will want to pass that up.